Caption on back: "A tradition for new students at Marymount College, Palos Verdes, California, is a visit to Marineland of the Pacific, located across the street from the campus, to 'meet' Bubbles the whale and all her watery friends and relations....

Henry Hancock was a prominent Los Angeles lawyer and surveyor. He worked as Los Angeles City Surveyor and United States Deputy Surveyor in the 1850s. Hancock surveyed most of the large ranches between Monterey and San Diego in California.